Upending device for ice cakes



Nov'. 4 1924.l yl,5l4,207

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Patented Nov. 4, 19.24.

Hanny connor WcYoMIitek, omo.

UPENDING nnv'ion son' ron canas.

Application filed January 1o, 1924. serial n. eaaiw To cli whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, HARRY GORY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Wyoming, in the county of Hamilton 'and State of Uhio, have invented a certain new and Yuseful Upending Device for loe Cakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. f

The object of my invention' is to provide a mechanical device for handling the large and heavy cakes of artificial ice as they are lifted from the freezing tanks and delivered to the refrigerating room for temporaryl storage prior to delivery to the customer. Under the methods in use at present the cans containing the frozen blocks are llifted from the freezing tank and the blocks of ice dumped on their sides and then pushed down an inclined chute into the cold storage room. rlhe blocks of ice on their sides take up much more space than if the cakes were raised and stored on end, but these cakes are exceedingly heavy and it is an arduous task requiring a goed deal of strength to upend the cakes.

lt is the object of my invention to provide mechanical means for accomplishing this task, and it consists of that certain novel construction and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter particularly pointed out and claimed.

in the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my apparatus.

Figure 2 is a plan view of same.

rlhe floor of the tank room is indicated at 1 and shown as supported on uprights 2, 2, suitably braced. Leading from this floor 1 is an inclined floor 3 descending to the floor level of the storage room and it is down this incline that the cakes of ice are slid when dumped from the cans Ll in lwhich the blocks are frozen.

Pivotally mounted on supports 5 is the holder 6 in which the cans are placed for dumping. This holder is constructed of sufficient width to hold the desired number of cans. ln the present instance l have illustrated a holder of a size to hold live cans.

The holder when in upright position has sides 7, 7, with partitions 8, and a bottom 9, and is open at the top. When in this upright position the cans are lifted bya vcra-ne from the freezing tank and deposited in the holder,and then they holder istipped over into the position shown in Figurev 1, with its upper edgey resting on the incline 3,. rl`he` cans are held inthe `holder by llugs 1U,

but thelice blocks at once slide out ofthe cans down theincline onto a platform `12, which is Ona level with the storage/room licor. rfhe blocks of ice slidel across this platform and up an inclined table 13 against a bumper beam 14: which is shod with afrubr ber cushion `The recoil from contact with this cushion causes the blocks to slide back until theyrest against a rubber cusnion 16, 'asindicated in dotted lines in Fig ure 41. To keep the cakes of iceuseparated and in position onthe table, side strips 17 andpartition strips '17.il are provided.` yTo prevent injury to the cakes when they yreach 'the'k table ya rubber cushion 3118 'isy Se cured along the front lower edge of the` table.

llChe table is pivot-ed at 19 on the frame work 2O and it is supported in inclined po sition by the piston rod 21 carrying a piston seated in the cylinder casing 22. This pisf ton cylinder is pivotally mounted at the lower end on the support 23 and compressed air is furnished through the pipe 24: to raise the piston and with it the table into up right position. rfhis air is controlled by a valve 25 in convenient position for the operator. At thevupper end of the table a weight 26 is attached to the under portion of the table by a flexible cord 27 running over a guide pulley 28. As soon as the cakes of ice are dumped and come to rest against the cushion 16, as above described, the operator turns on the air controlled by valve 25, the piston is lifted and the table raised to vertical position as indicated in dotted lines in Figure 1 and the blocks of ice are thus upended on the platformV 12, whence they are easily pushed into the storage room for shipment. y

In this way thev blocks are readily and easily transferred from the tank room to the storage room without the need of lifting manually the heavy blocks and in much less time than required heretofore. Alsothere is no liability of the blocksl sliding out of con` trol in dumping from the cans and becoming Cil damaged by violent Contact with each other l and there is no danger to operatives from heights and an the sliding blocks. The cakes of iceare under perfect control without any exertion on the part of operatives. i As soon as the blocks of ice are discharged from the table, the weight draws back the table into its original inclined position, ready vfor the next supply.

aving thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is

1. In a device of the character specified, the combination with iXed platforms at different heights and an intermediate inclined way, of a table pivotally mounted alongside the lower platform, means for holding said table oppositely inclined to checkthe cakes of ice which slide down the inclined vway and across the lower platform, and means to raise said table into substantially upright position toup end the cakes on the lower platform.

2. In a device of the character specified, the combination with platforms at different intermediate inclined way, of a table pivotally mounted alongside the lower platform, a rod pivoted to said table to hold same in an oppositely inclined posi tion to check the cakes of ice which slide down the inclined way, and means for actuating the rod to raise the table into substantially upright position to up end the cal/:es on the lower platform.

3. In a device of the character specified, the combination with platforms at different heights and an intermediate inclined way, of a table lpivotally mounted alongside the lower platform, a piston rod pivoted to said table to hold same in an oppositely inclined position to check the cakes of ice which slide down the inclinedvway, a cylinder closed at the lower end pivoted to the frame, with piston therein to which the piston rod is connected, and compressed air connections to operate fthe piston to raise the table into upright position.

4L. In a device of the character speciied,

the combination withplatforms at different heights, and an intermediate inclined way, of a table pivotally mounted alongside the lower platform, means for holding said table oppositely inclined tocheck the cakes of ice which slide down the inclined way, with a cushioned bumper to stop the movement, and a cushion along the side of the lower platform to receive the ice cakes, and means to raise the table into substantially upright position to up end the cakes on the lower platform.

HARRY GoRY. 

